Andalusian Unity

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Andalusian Unity
Unidad Andaluza
President Manuel Clavero
Secretary-GeneralManuel Otero Luna
Founded26 December 1980
Dissolved27 November 1982
Split from Union of the Democratic Centre
HeadquartersPlaza de Cuba, 3, Seville, 41011
Ideology Andalusian nationalism
Social liberalism
Political position Centre-right
Colors  Yellow
  Green
  White

Andalusian Unity (Spanish : Unidad Andaluza, UA) was a political party launched in December 1980 by former minister Manuel Clavero as a split from the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) over disagreement with UCD's autonomic policy on the 1980 Andalusian autonomy initiative referendum. [1] [2] The party was officially registered on 22 January 1981. [3] [4] Clavero was the party's president, whereas Manuel Otero Luna was elected as secretary general. [5] [6] [7]

An electoral coalition with the conservative People's Alliance (AP) was considered ahead of the 1982 Andalusian regional election, [8] but in the end it was rejected and the party chose not to contest the election out of a lack of campaign funding. [9] [10] It also unsuccessfully probed a coalition with Adolfo Suárez's Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) ahead of the 1982 Spanish general election. [11] In the end, the party was dissolved on 27 November 1982 over a lack of political and economical viability. [12] [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Manuel Clavero presentó Unidad Andaluza, un partido "autonomista, interclasista y no marxista"". El País (in Spanish). 27 December 1980. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "UCD acusa a Clavero de irresponsable y confusionista". El País (in Spanish). 28 December 1980. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Legalizado el partido del ex ministro Manuel Clavero". El País (in Spanish). 23 January 1981. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Registro de Partidos Políticos". sede.mir.gob.es (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior . Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Clavero pide justicia para Andalucía en el congreso constituyente de su partido". El País (in Spanish). 1 March 1981. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "Manuel Clavero, elegido presidente de Unidad Andaluza". El País (in Spanish). 3 March 1981. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "Otero Luna, elegido secretario general de Unidad Andaluza". El País (in Spanish). 10 March 1981. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Probable coalición electoral de Alianza Popular y el partido de Clavero en Andalucía". El País (in Spanish). 19 January 1982. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "El partido de Clavero rechaza una propuesta de coalición electoral con Alianza Popular". El País (in Spanish). 17 March 1982. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  10. ↑ "El ex ministro Manuel Clavero no concurrirá a las elecciones de Andalucía por falta de financiación". El País (in Spanish). 13 April 1982. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  11. ↑ "Contactos políticos entre Unidad Andaluza y el CDS". El País (in Spanish). 6 September 1982. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  12. ↑ "Clavero propondrá el sábado la disolución de su partido, Unidad Andaluza". El País (in Spanish). 25 November 1982. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  13. ↑ "Unidad Andaluza". El País (in Spanish). 28 November 1982. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
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